Regional/State

Since Scott and Jan Fattizzi made Springfield their home in 2005, their creation of the Central Kentucky Community Theatre has received its fair share of attention, and now, it’s caught the eye of Kentucky Educational Television (KET).

A Lawrenceburg man doesn’t want to set a new state record for the most skydives in one day.
He wants to shatter it.
Troy Woods will start jumping out of a perfectly fine airplane at daylight Friday, June 22 and doesn’t plan to stop doing so until dark.
If all goes well, he hopes to make 80 jumps that day, twice as many as the current Kentucky record of 40.

Approximately 15 members of the 613th Engineer Facilities Detachment will mobilize in support of Operation Enduring Freedom on June 20 (today) at 1 p.m. from the River of Life Community Church, 1250 Kentucky 555, Springfield, Ky.
While deployed, the unit will lead a group called the Infrastructure Training and Advisory Group (ITAG).

Approximately 15 members of the 613th Engineer Facilities Detachment will mobilize in support of Operation Enduring Freedom on June 20 at 1 p.m. from the River of Life Community Church, 1250 KY 555, Springfield, Ky.

While deployed, the unit will lead a group called the Infrastructure Training

Washington County High School was recently awarded a bronze medal by U.S. News and World Report.

That means that according to the data the publication used, Washington County High School is in the top 22 percent of nearly 22,000 high schools analyzed across the country. Nebraska was the only state without sufficient data to be analyzed, according to the report.

The Marion and Washington county chapters of the Boy Scouts of America got a boost last week from a Hall of Fame jockey. Pat Day was the guest speaker at the Friends of Scouting benefit dinner April 24 at Centre Square.

Day won more than 8,800 races in his career. He is the all-time leading rider at Churchill Downs and Keeneland. He’s won all three races of the Triple Crown races and 12 Breeder’s Cup races. He’s also a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey.